Inheritance taxes cut for couples - We were always going to do this anyway

Chancellor Alistair Darling has doubled the inheritance tax threshold for married couples to £600,000.

He also targeted private equity bosses and "non-domiciles" in his pre-Budget report - and pledged to switch green air taxes to flights, not passengers.

But he was accused by the Tories - who unveiled policies in all these areas last week - of being in a "panic" after their recent opinion poll surge.

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